Dead Man Leading (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: V. S. Pritchett
- First Published: 1937
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Psychological
- Time of Work: c.1930
- Setting: Brazil and London, England
- Genres: Long fiction, Psychological fiction, Adventure
- Subjects: Traveling or travelers, Voyages, Nature, Missions or missionaries, Friendship, 1930’s, Mysteries, Jungles or rain forests, Rivers or waterways, London, Survivalism, Adventure, South America or South Americans, Exploration or explorers
- Locales: Brazil, London, England
Characters Discussed
Harry Johnson, a timber merchant and adventurer who relishes solitude. He is about thirty years old, strong, muscular, and awkward. He has big brown eyes, a crinkled forehead, immensely broad shoulders, and a gentle, aloof manner. He is the son of a missionary who disappeared in the same Brazilian forest that Johnson is about to explore along with his two friends, Gilbert Phillips and Charles Wright. Before leaving England, he had a brief love affair with Wright’s stepdaughter, Lucy Mommbrekke. Obsessed with the fear that she may be having a child and...
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